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Cutoff set as 28 players qualify for Super Two status

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Brittany GhiroliMLB.com

The Major League service time required for salary arbitration this offseason is two years and 122 days, down from last winter and enough to qualify 28 additional eligible players based off calculations from the Commissioner's Office and the Players Association.

Angels infielder Chris Nelson was the final player to make it under the service-time rules, with Seattle pitcher Charlie Furbush falling one day short and Red Sox pitcher Felix Doubront -- on the active roster all season -- needing two additional days.

The Major League service time required for salary arbitration this offseason is two years and 122 days, down from last winter and enough to qualify 28 additional eligible players based off calculations from the Commissioner's Office and the Players Association.

Angels infielder Chris Nelson was the final player to make it under the service-time rules, with Seattle pitcher Charlie Furbush falling one day short and Red Sox pitcher Felix Doubront -- on the active roster all season -- needing two additional days.

The top 22 percent of players by service time with at least two years but less than three are eligible for salary arbitration as long as they had at least 86 days of service this year, according to the labor agreement from November 2011. They join the older group of three- to six-year players.

From 1991-2012, the top 17 percent in the two- to three-year group had been eligible. Under the old rule, the cutoff would have been two years and 129 days.